Cuff-fastener



G. C. BACON. CufffPasteners.

No. 223,268. Patented Jan. 6, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEOBGE C. BACON, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,268, dated January6, 1880.

Application led November 10, 1879. l

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BACON, of Lynn,in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a newand useful Improved Cuff-Fastener, which invention is fully set forth inthe following sp'ecication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to afastener for securing the usual laundried cuffsto the shirt-wristbands; and the invention consistsin afasteningcomprising a base adapted to receive and hold onto the Wristband-button,an arm projecting from such base adapted to pass easily through thebutton-holes in the .edges of the cutt, and an adjust-ableattachmentpivoted on said projecting arm, and also adapted to pass withthe arm through said holes, and to be ad justed across the holes tosecure the cuff to the fastening, all substantially as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myinvention as formed ehietly of wire. Fig. 2 is a similar View ofthesame, indicating the manner of attaching' it to the Wristband-button.Fig. 3 is an edge or side View of the same, indicating the manner ofitsattachment to both the Wristband and the cuff.

The fastener may be made of' any suitable material, and the precise formshown is not an essential of the invention. ay is the base; b, theprojecting arm, and cthe adjustable attachment to the arm. The base andits projecting arm, as shown, are made of spring or elastic wire, andformed of a single piece, while the adjustable part c is formed of sheetmetal and jointed to the top of arm b.

By pressing the ends d d of the base toward each other the ends e e willbe sprung apart, so as to be more readily passed under thewristband-buttonf on either side of its fastening, as indicated in Fig.2, until the button rests over the eye g, when, the ends d d beingreleased, the ends e e will, by the elastic force ot' the wire, closetogether, or nearly so, and thus the eye g will be made to nearly orquite encircle the threads or i'astenings of the button, and thereby thecutilfastener will be secured to the Wristband. The attachment c beingnext placed in a vertical position, or in the plane of arm b, as in Fig.2, the cuff may be folded around the wrist of the wearer, who has thussecured the fastening to his Wristband, and the button'holes ot' thecuft's be readily passed over both I) and c, and then, being pressedclosely upon base a, between which and the lower edge of part c there issufficient space to accommodate the double thickness of the cut', part cmay then be swung into a horizontal position, and thus, lying acrosssaidholes, will secure the cnft' h h to the fastening, asindicated in Fig.3.

By the use of this simple invention the wearer is enabled to easilysecure or release his cuffs without the eft'ort usually required tosecure them when lanndried stil-l', and to avoid the wrinhling anddefacing ot" the same and the wear and tear of the button-holes, and thefrequent annoyance oi' pulling cti' the wristband-buttons by thenecessary exertion required to secure the cuffs in the ordinary way.

What l claim as my invention isl. A cuff-fastener comprising a base, a,a projecting arm, b, and an adjustable attachment, c, operating togethersubstantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. A cutir'astener formed with an expansible base, a, opening intoaneye, g, and a projection, b, provided witha pivoted attachment, c, allsubstantially as and for the purposes specified.

GEORGE C. BACON. Witnesses:

EUGENE HUMPHREY, EBEN HUToHINsoN.

